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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

HOW DO YOU TIE THE PERFECT BOW? ... a Tutorial for Bugaboo Stamps

As a papercrafts teacher I often get asked how to tie the perfect bow, as this is something many crafters really find difficult to do. Now while I can tie one with my eyes closed, I realise I needed to come up with a better solution, and here is that answer, and a little 'how-to' ...

You might want to make a a whole bunch of these while sitting in front of the tv, or whilst waiting for the kids to come out of school. A couple in every colour, so that they will be ready and waiting for the perfect project!

You can see the bow I made on my card, that features the Bugaboo image called

Great tutorial! Now, if I could just find someone who could tell how to tie a bow with baker's twine without the loops twisting when I pull the tails to make the loops smaller! Thank you for the tutorial! ~ Andrea